This third in a series of hardcover books joins the award-winning titles The Stratocaster Chronicles" & " The Soul of Tone" by author/historian Tom Wheeler. " The Dream Factory" features hundreds of full-color photos of incredibly rare collectible & limited edition handcrafted guitars. In over 600 pages learn the fascinating tale of the Fender Custom Shop & its illustrious artisans as only Tom Wheeler can tell it. It

Features: foreword by Billy F Gibbons; & over 630 images illustrating the first master builders & their humble beginnings through the many changes up to present-day operations. It

Includes:: many one-of-a-kind custom guitar masterpieces & reproductions of acclaimed guitarists instruments such as Eric Claptons Blackie Jimi Hendrixs Monterey Strat Stevie Ray Vaughans No. 1 & many more. It is a must-have for all guitar enthusiasts! It

Includes:: unprecedented view inside one of the music industrys most creative & prolific custom instrument shops. It offers fascinating interviews & stories from the men & women who set the standard for guitar greatness. It features behind-the-scenes looks at how playable works of art are created."





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When a mature beautiful & composed April Kyle strides into Spensers office the Boston PI barely hesitates before recognizing his once & future client. Now a well-established madam herself April oversees an upscale call girl operation in Bostons Back Bay. Still looking for Spensers approval it takes her a moment before she can ask him again for his help. Her business is a success; whats more its an all-female enterprise. Now that some men are trying to take it away from her she needs Spensers help. April claims to be in the dark about who it is thats trying to shake her down but with a bit of legwork & a bit more muscle Spenser & Hawk find ties to organized crime & local kingpin Tony Marcus as well as a scheme to franchise the operation across the country. As Spenser again plays the gallant knight it becomes clear Aprils not as innocent as she seems. In fact she may be her own worst enemy. ...

Everyone has a dream of their perfect house
- in the heart of the countryside or perhaps a stately residence in the middle of a
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This is an exciting addition to the successful Sticker Dolly Dressing" series that follows three best friends Becca Katy & Leyla as they prepare to start work then imagine what their dream jobs would be. This title features all kinds of different jobs
- caring for elephants at an elephant sanctuary in Africa scouring a crime scene for clues as a forensic scientist working out dance routines in a hit musical designing costumes for a period drama & lots lots more. It

Includes:: over 350 stickers to dress the dolls so theyre ready for each job."


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Zoe Hoffman is as gentle & romantic as they come & when she meets the startlingly handsome Alex Nolan all her instincts tell her to run. But something about him intrigues Zoe so she attempts to make Alex open his mind to the possibility that love isnt for the foolish. Alex Nolan is about as bitter & cynical as they come battling his demons with the help of a whiskey bottle until he is visited by a mysterious ghost. Has Alex finally crossed over the threshold to insanity? The ghost doesnt know who he is or why he is stuck in the Nolans Victorian house. All he knows is that he loved a girl once. & Alex & Zoe hold the key to unlocking the mystery that keeps him trapped there. ...

Her life was full of hardship & despair... When Mollys father returns from the war a broken man the whole family is forced to move into the slums of Liverpool. Despite many difficulties Molly is determined to make a better life for herself hoping that one day shell find love. But abused by a man she trusted & estranged from the boy who was once her best friend Molly wonders if this dream will ever come true. When her father is killed in a fight & her mother turns to drink in her sorrow Molly finds herself the only wage owner. She tries to take care of her mother & younger sister Jodie. But when a fire destroys their home not only do Molly & Jodie lose their mother but they find themselves homeless & with a very bleak future ahead of them... ...

Focussing on how the Romans made Europe work as a homogenous civilisation & looking at why we are failing to make the EU work in modern times this is an authoritative & amusing study from bestselling author Boris Johnson. In addition to his roles as politician editor author & television presenter Boris Johnson is a passionate Roman scholar. The recent ' Dream of Rome' TV series saw him travelling throughout the Roman Empire in order to uncover the secrets of the governance of the empire & the reasons behind why the Romans held such power & prestige for so long. Fiercely interested in Europe & the current issues facing the European Union Boris Johnson will look at the lessons we could learn from the Romans & how we could apply them to our modern politics. Boris Johnson was the editor of the Spectator MP for Henley & is now the new Shadow Minister for Education. He writes a column for the Daily Telegraph & lives in London & Oxfordshire with his wife & their children. ...

Set in Provence at three different critical moments of Western Civilisation
- the collapse of the Roman Empire in the fifth century
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As The Dream of the Celt" opens it is the summer of 1916 & Roger Casement awaits the hangman in Londons Pentonville Prison. Dublin lies in ruins after the disastrous Easter Rising led by his comrades of the Irish Volunteers. He has been caught after landing from a German submarine. For the past year he has attempted to raise an Irish brigade from prisoners of war to fight alongside the Germans against the British Empire that awarded him a knighthood only a few years before. & now his petition for clemency is threatened by the leaking of his private diary & his secret life as a gay man... Vargas-Llosa with his incomparable gift for powerful historical narrative takes the reader on a journey back through a remarkable life dedicated to the exposure of barbaric treatment of indigenous peoples by European predators in the Congo & Amazonia. Casement was feted as one of the greatest humanitarians of the age. Now he is about to die ignominiously as a traitor." ...

'I have a friend a guy called John who is undertaking a golf challenge. He has a full-time job & a wife & child & he's trying to shoot a level par round within the year. When he started the challenge he couldn't break one hundred. So he's trying to take thirty-three strokes off his game in one year & he asked me to find out your opinion on that.' Sam Torrance laughed then slowly contemplated the question. ' Well you can tell him from me to dream on.' Meet John Richardson a regular bloke who enjoys a round of golf in his spare time. That is until he sets himself the challenge of playing a level par round within a year. With no natural talent precious little time & no fitness level to speak of can John pull it off? In spite of Sam Torrance's scepticism John remains resolute & so begins an exhausting but exhilarating year of living breathing eating & sleeping golf. A rollercoaster ride from beginning to end Dream On" is funny & inspirational & a must for any golfer who dreams of improving their game." ...